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Patented May 23, 1950 NUT RUN ER Roy W. Bailey and John Thomas Faull, Detroit, Mich., assignors to Detroit Power Screwdriver Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application September 18, 1944, Serial N 0. 554,608

'7 Claims. (01. 10-155) The principal object .of the invention is to provide a machine that automatically performs these operations on actuation Of a single control member such as a pedal.

The general nature of the novel machine can best be understood from a statement of the sequence of operation. A rotating and reciprocable spindle carries a wrench mounted over a table. The spindle and wrench are fed to the work by a suitable operating member such as a pedal and are returned by a spring. At the end of the return stroke, a spindle clutch disengages to interrupt the rotation, and the wrench engages a positive stop to permit insertion of a nut.

While the wrench is spaced from the work and stopped, a nut positioning and injector mechanism comes into operation. This mechanism includes a pair of slidable jaws that first receive a nut from a delivery track spaced laterally from the wrench. The jaws with a nut there between are next shifted to position the nut in alinement with the socket of the wrench. The injector mechanism, slidable with the jaws, then transfers the nut to the wrench socket.

The positioning and injector mechanism are actuated by cams on a clutch-controlled cam shaft. In order to provide for the necessarily periodic operation of the mechanism, the clutch is caused to engage only intermittently. A stop device holds the clutch disengaged against the action of a spring tending to engage the clutch. At the proper instant in the cycle, another cam mechanism operated by the return stroke of the actuating pedal releases the clutch stop, thereby efiecting operation of the positioning and injector mechanism while the wrench is held stationary at a distance from the work. On the next operating movement of the actuating pedal, the spindle clutch is engaged, and the rotating spindle and wrench are fed towards the work to apply the nut on the work.

The invention also includes the subassemblies for performing distinct portions of the operation as herein described or claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine;

Figure 2 is a vertical section, partly in elevation;

Figure 3 is a detail of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail, partly in section, of the lower end of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail section of the upper portion of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, at the base; 4

Figure 7 is a detail plan section;

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Figure 6;

Figure 9 is a section on the line 99 of Figure 2;

Figure 10 is an enlarged vertical section of the wrench stop;

Figure 11 is a section on the line I l-l I of Figure 10;

Figure 12 is an enlarged vertical section of the wrench bit;

Figure 13 is a bottom plan View on the line 13-43 of Figure 12;

Figure 14 is a plan section approximately on the line l4l4 of Figure 1 and broken away;

Figure 15 is a section on the line l5-l5 of Figure 14 Figure 16 is a section on the line Iii-l6 of Figure 14;

Figure 17 is a plan section showing the receiving position of the positioning jaws;

Figure 18 is a corresponding plan view;

Figure 19 is a corresponding end view;

Figure 20 is a corresponding vertical elevation;

Figure 21 is a plan section showing the advanced position of the positioning jaws;

Figure 22 is a corresponding vertical elevation, partly in section;

Figure 23 is an axial section of the intermittent clutch, in the plane of the line 23-23 of Figures 14 and 28,

Figure 24 is a section on the line 2424 of Figure 23;

Figure 25 is an enlarged detail section on the line 25-45 of Figure 2;

Figure 26 is a section on the line 2626 of Figure 25;

Figure 27 is a section on the line'21-2l of Figure 14;

Figure 28 is a section on the line 28-28 of Figure 14; V

Figure 29 is a detail section on the line 2929 of Figure 2;

Figure 30 is a corresponding elevation in a ver: tical plane perpendicular to that of Figure 29 and partly in section;

Figure 31 is a detail section of the idler pulley assembly shown in Figure 2, and

Figure 32 is a detail perspective.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figure l is shown a machine base I on which is formed or built a column 2 in any suitable manner. At the upper end of the column is provided a head or a top arm 3 fitted with a cover 4. I

The column is formed with a vertical slot 5 at which is mounted a vertical screw 6. The lower end of the screw is he'ld'in a suitable hearing 7 and the upper end may be similarly mounted. The screw supports a table 8 having a vertical wall 9 (Figure 6) adjacent to the slot 5 A table adjusting nut 10 is mounted on the screw 6 and fastened to the wall 9 by a suitable'number of screws I I.

p The rear wall 9 also carries a gib or clamp I2 Held by upper and lower screws l3 and an intermediate lock screw 14 having a head I5 with a lockinghandle ['6 passed therethrough. When thetable is to be adjusted by turning the screw lj, .the screw I4 is turned to loosen the gib l2. The rater" end of the screw carries a spiral gear i1 held from the bearing i by a spacer collar IR. A horizontal shaft 19 journalled in the housing carries a spiral gear 20 meshing with the gear ll. The outer (and 2| (Figure l) of the shaft i9 is suitably shaped for engagement by a crank ijor rotating the screw 6 and adjusting the elevation of the table.

A bracket mountedv on the column 2 supports a rotary hopper 25 adapted to feed nuts into a track 21 which delivers them to a location above the table 8 and to a power driven socket wrench as will presently be described. The hopper and track are fully disclosed in United States Patent No. 2,060,182 of November 10, 1936, and require no detailed description here.

On a shelf 36 (Figure 2) in the top arm 3 is secured a fulcrum bracket 3| having one end of a. link 3L pivotally attached thereto. To the other end of the link is pivoted one end of a spindle lever 33 having a spindle suspended from its other end, as will presently be described. A head 34 is attached to an intermediate point of the spindle lever and has the upper section 35 of an actuating rod connected to and suspended therefrom. The lower section 36 is connected to theupDQr section 35 by a turnbuckle 31, both sections being threaded for this purpose.

' 9n the base i is mounted a pedal .0 (Figures 1 and 6) by means of a pivot pin M. A pedaloperated lever 42 is fulcrumed in the base on a pivot pin 43 remote from the pedal 48. The pedal carries a roller 64 riding on the nearer or free end of the lever 42. A clevis $5 on the lower end of the lower rod 35 is attached to an intermediate point of the lever #12 by a pin 46.

A portion of the lower rod 35 is surrounded by a coil spring 41 standing in a recess 48 formed in the upper side of the base i. The upper end of the spring bears against a thrust washer 49 carried by an adjusting collar 50 which in turn is stopped against a nut 5! on the threaded part of the lower rod 36. It is now evident that the spring 4! holds the spindle lever normally in an elevated position and that the lever is lowered by pressure on the pedal 40. 7

To the free end of the spindle lever 33 is ata thrust bearing housing 3 t by a pin 54* (Figure 2'). An upper spindle 52 has its upper end screwed into an adapter 53 which in turn is held in the radial thrust bearing 54 by a snap ring 55. The bearing 54 is retained in the housing 59 by a snap ring 56. The upper portion of the upper spindle 52 carries a stop collar 58 adjustably secured by a socket head set screw 59 (Figure 5) to limit downward movement of the spindle,- as will presently appear. The lower portion of the upper spindle 52 is journalled in a bearing 50 (Figure 2) fitted in the top arm 3.

Beneath the top arm 3, the lower end of the upper spindle is enlarged and threaded at 65 (Figure 25) to receive an upper clutch plate housing 66. The lower spindle 61 is suspended by a head .68 on its upper end resting on a thrust bearing 69 which lies on a shoulder 10 formed in the housing 69. The housing also contains needle bearings H engaging the upper portion of the lower spindle.

The bottom of the housing 66 is formed with an anular recess Z5 having upwardly converging walls. At a lower position on: the lower spindle is mounted another housing 16 resting on a stop collar Tl, with a thrust bearing '13 interposed. Within the housing "It is acIutch friction collar "is keyed to the lower spindle at 8!! for a purpose that will presently appear. Upon thehousing i6 is a clutch member at secured by studs 82-. The member 35 is formed with a clutch ring 3-3 having upwardly converging sides and received spacedly in the cavity i5. A leather facing '84 is. secured to theouter wall of the cavity 15 to engage the ring 83.

The member lt is formed with a pair of axially parallel recesses 85 on oppositesides of a diam.- eter. In each recess is placed a fiber friction plug 8'5, which is modified to form an arcuate surface td enga i-ng the periphery of .the friction collar '53. The plugs are counterbored to form .a cavity 8;} in whiohi-s seated.- a coil spring 90. A. stud 9! is passed through each series and is screwedinto the body-of the member 1%. One end of the spring bears against the friction plug and the other end against the head 92 of the stud, whereby the friction plugs are held edgewise in frictional engagement with the clutch friction collar 19.

In the operation of this portion of the device, downward pressure on the upper spindle 52 through operation of the pedal 46 brings the clutch housing 66 into driving engagement with the tapered clutch ring. 83 at the facing-$4. The drive is transmitted through the plate 35; housing it and fiber plugs '8'! to the collar '59 and lower spindle 61. When theload on the lower spindle exceeds a predetermined maximum, a slip occurs between the pfilj phgry of the collar '19 and the modified edges 88 of the plugs 31, so that the lower spindle remains stationary. This ihaiiiz'n'umv load isdetermined by the tensionof the springs 9B which is setby the studs 9!.

Power for the machine is furnished by. an electric motor will supported by a mgtor mounting plate Nil carried .by thecolumn 2. The motor carries. an adapter plate Ill? having elongated slots its and is adjustably held logy-headed screws It l passed through the plate. It! and slots 103 into the square nuts I04 The motor shaft I05 is vertical and. carries a drive pulley 106 at its upper end.

Adjacent to the shaft l05- is a vertical shaft I it, journalled in a bearing HI in the top arm 3, for driving parts other than the spindle. This shaft carries a pulley H2 in line with the pulley I 06.

Between the shaft H and the upper spindle 52 (Figures 2 and 32), two bosses H3 are formed on the partition BI and have mounted thereon ball bearings I I4 fitted in idler pulleys I I5 located adjacent to the plane of pulleys I06 and H2. Headed screws I I6 hold both the bearings I I4 and the pulleys H5 on the bosses.

The upper spindle 52 has a main drive pulley I I1 splined thereon at I I8 and in line with pulleys I06 and H2. A V-belt. I I9 is trained around the pulleys I06, H2, H5 and H1. A ball bearing I20 is fitted in the pulley H1 and seated on a collar I2I formed on the bearing 60. In the top of the pulley I I1 is fitted an oil retainer I22.

A housing consisting of a horizontal transverse portion I25 and a lateral portion I26 extending horizontally therefrom at an angle of 60 is secured on the column 2 by a gib I21 (Figure 14) and contains mechanism for injecting nuts from the track 21 into a socket wrench carried by the spindle, as will presently be shown. The housing cover is formed by a plate I29 and a bearing bracket I29 (Figure 3) enclosing the lower spindle 61. The bracket contains lubricating bushings I30 in which the lower spindle is journalled. A spindle guard I3I extends from the bracket I29 to the top arm 3. The bracket I29 is formed with an oil passage I32 extending from its upper surface to the space I33 between the bushings I30.

In the lower portion of the bracket I29 is inserted a lower spindle stop I35 loosely surrounding the lower spindle. The bracket I29 is slit horizontally at I36 above the stop I35 and vertically at I31 downward from the slit I36 to form a clamp for the stop, which is secured by a clamp screw I38 crossing the slit I31. The lower end of the stop I35 is formed as a toothed clutch face I39 (Figure On the exposed lower end of the lower spindle is screwed a socket bit adapter and stop I40 having its upper end formed as a toothed clutch face I4I adapted to engage with the face I39. The lower end of the adapter I40 has a square broached hole I40 to hold the wrench comprising a bit I42 having its lower end formed as a socket I43 shaped to receive the particular size of nut being handled. The adapter I40 is slotted at I40 to receive a spring clip I40. The clip engages in a slot I42 in the socket bit I42 to retain the bit in the hole I40 Along the bit I42 are formed slots I44 with a hole I 45 drilled from the upper portion of each slot radially to the center of the bit. In each slot is laid a flat bowed spring I46 having its upper end bent at I41 and inserted in a hole I45. The lower end is bent at an angle at I48 adjacent to the socket I43. A sleeve I49 enclosed the bit and springs and projects the ends I40 into the socket.

The center line of the spindle is offset laterally from the discharge end of the track 21, as shown in Figures 17 and 22.

The nut injecting mechanism is contained principally in the housing portion I26 while the drive mechanism is contained in the portion I25. The injecting mechanism includes a nut positioning slide I59 (Figures 17, 21 and 2'1) and a nut injector slide I5I disposed respectively beneath and above a guide block I52 fixed within the portion I26. 7 To the slide I50 is attached, by lock screws I53, an angular extension arm I54 terminating adjacent to the slide I5I. One end of the slide I5I carries a pin I55 on which is mounted a roller I56. The adjacent end of the extension arm I54 carries a similar pin I51 on which is mounted a ball bearing or roller I58. The rollers I56 and I58 are engaged by cams in order to actuate the slides. The cam mechanism is described below.

The guide block I52 has a cavity I60 in which is slidably mounted a return spring plunger I6I bearing against the extension arm I54. A compressed return coil spring I62 is seated in the cavity I60 and in the plunger.

The forward end of the positioning slide I50 is slotted at I63 and has a bell crank nut injector lever I64 pivotally mounted in the slot on a pin I65. The forward wall I66 of the housing portion I26 is relieved at I61 to permit the slide I50 to be projected therethrough.

Upon the forward end of the slide I50 is secured a block I10 (Figure 2'1) by means of screws I50- and dowels I 50*, as shown in Figure 27. Adjacent to and spaced from the block I10 2. guide block I1I is fastened to the housing section I26 and is undercut at I12 to receive a complementary guide block I13 lying contiguous to the block I10. On the block I13 is mounted a front nut clamp block I14 secured to the block I13 by screws I15 to slide therewith. The block I10 is also received in an undercut notch I16 across the discharge end of the track 21 at the bottom thereof.

The block I14 (Figure 17) is spaced from the discharge end of the track 21 by the width of a nut I60. From the block extends a jaw I14 adapted to travel across said end and shaped at I14" to engage about a third of the periphery of the nut. Between the track and the block I14, a complementary jaw I8I is fixed to the block I10 by screws I32. The nut-engaging end I8I of the jaw I8I is shaped to engage a portion of the nut and yet aline with one side of the trough of the track 21. In the retracted position of the positioning slide I50, the jaw surface I14" registers with the opposite side of the trough and the body I14 of the jaw abuts the front plate I66 of the housing portion I26, forming a space that receives a nut loosely. A spring I83 joining the body I14 to the block I8I draws the body against the plate I66, and the body I14 is so dimensioned that the surface I14" thereof is then registered as above set forth.

A nut injector I85 (Figures 22 and 27) is pivotally attached to the forward end of the lever I64 by a pin I66 and passes through the block I10 into the space between the jaw surfaces I14" and I8I'. The block I10 and. the attached jaw I 8i travel rigidly with the slide I50, while the law block I14 has a yielding motion clue to its guided support by the blocks I1I, I13 and its spring connection to the jaw I8I.

At the forward end of the housing portion I26, a rocker arm I is fixed on a pivot pin I9I journalled horizontally in the housing. One end of the rocker arm lies forward of the slide I5I and is engaged by a pin I92 (Figures 20, 22 and 27) slidably mounted in the slide I5I and backed by a coil spring I93. The other end of the rocker arm carries an adjustable set screw I 34 locked by a nut I95 and adapted to engage the upper end of the injector lever I64 when the latter is advanced by the slide I50. A flat spring I96 between the block I10 and the lower arm of the lever I64 holds that arm and the injector I85 in the depressed position. A torsion spring I91 around the pin I9I, with its ends anchored to the pin and housing, holds the upper end of the rocker arm I90, against pin I 92 thereby returning the injector slide I5I to the retracted position after each cycle.

7 The general operation-of the injectorimech anism may be understood without a descriptionof the slide actuating mechanism. With both slides I52 and I51 retracted, the jaw block L14- is stopped against the housing platetfiii, and the jaw faces I'M and MI are registered with the track trough sides as already set forth. Anoversized pocket to receive anut I82 from the track is thus provided, as shown in Figure 1'7.

The positioning slide I59 is first advanced: by cam action. A shoulder I28 (Figure 17) onthe jaw I8 I- engages the jaw block I14 when the faces I14" and I8! have closed against the contained nut. Thereafter, the jaws advance together towards the laterally offset spindle. The actuating mechanism is designed to-hold the jaws momentarilyat rest when the nut is directly under the socket wrench I42.

In this interval the injector slide I! isadvanced. The pin I92 strikes the upper end of the rocker arm I99, and the set screw [-24 atthe lower end strikes the lever 64. The injector I85 is thus elevated, transferring the nut from the jaws into the socket I 35 of the wrench I42. If for some reason the socket its is already loaded, motion is absorbed in the spring I93 and the mechanism is thus protected from damage.

A vertical cam shaft 280 (Figure 2'?) is journalled approximately at the juncture of the housing portions I25, 828. cams 2D! and 282 engageable respectively with the rollers I58 and I58. The rise of the earn 222 is a constant radius are 223- of about 60, causing the positioning slide I59 to dwell correspondingly in the projected position while the injector lever 564 is actuated. The rise of the cam 2M .is substantially a, point 224, so that the action of the injector parts is relatively abrupt.

The drive of the cam shaft 200 is effected through an intermittent clutch embodying a driver or body 225 to which is secured a worm gear 205 (Figure 23) The worm gear and clutch driver are pro pelled from the motor driven shaft H2 through an extension 201 (Figure 28) keyed at 228 in alinement therewith at its lower end and journalled in ball bearings 20 9 in the top and bottom of the housing I28. A worm shaft 2 ll journalled. in ball bearings 2 in the housing I26 lies perpendicular to the cam shaft 280 and carries a worm 2I2 meshing with the worm gear 228. Meshing bevel gears 2E3 and 2I4 are secured respectively on the shafts 201 and 2 I B.

The clutch body 225 is loose on its shaft 225 and is formed in one end with an axial recess 2I5 (Figure 23). At this end is mounted a cage comprising a plate 2 I 2 from which spaced fingers 2I1 extend into the recess. Rollers 2E8 are inserted between adjacent fingers. The fingers and rollers are spaced from the cam shaft 200, and in the space is disposed a trip cam 2H3 keyed to the cam shaft at 225 and having peripheral flats 22! at the rollers. A collar 222 adjacent to the plate 2ft is secured to the shaft 220 and is resiliently connected to the plate by a tension coil spring 223 having its ends fastened respectively to the collar and plate. The spring tends to rotate the cage 246, 2H and wedge the rollers 2 I 8 between the body 225 and the flats 221, thereby establishing a driving connection between the body 205 and the cam shaft 250. The cageplate 215 carries a pin 224 which may be engaged to turn the cage sufiiciently to bring the rollers 218 into a non-wedging position on the flats 22! and thereby unlock the body 205 from the shaft 202.

The cam shaft carries The-mechanismfor thus controlling, the operation of. the clutch will presently be described.

l3he connection between the worm gear 206 and. the clutch body 225- is preferably frictional. For this purpose, a frictional thrust ring 225 is placed against the outer surface of body 226 of the worm gear, and adjacent thereto the end. of the clutch body is reduced and threaded at 221. A retaining ring 228 with spring seats 229 is placed against ring 225-, and adjacent thereto a tensioning ring 230 with similar seats 23! is screwed on the threaded end of the clutch body. The seats of the rings 22B and 230 are brought into opposed relation, and each pair of opposed seats receives a coil spring 232. The tension of the springs is adjusted by turning ring 232-. The ring 230 may be split at 234 and locked by a screw 235 across the split.

Adjacent to the pedal operated actuating rod isa rock shaft 240 (Figure 29) mounted to oscillate in bearings 22-! in the top arm 3. On the upper end of the rock shaft is secured a laterally extending arm 282 (Figure 89) by set screws 243. The arm 242- has a vertical slot 244'. in which is inserted a cam member consisting of a block 245 (Figure 32) and a laterally extending cam piece 2%. The lower surface of the cam piece is out at an angle of about to form an inclined face 241 facing head 34. The cam member is adjustably secured in the arm 242 by set screws 268.

The head 32 is formed with a slot 252 (Figure 35'') extending horizontally and longitudinally therethrough. In the slot is mounted a slide 25l adjustably secured by a pair of headed screws 252-passing through coinciding longitudinal slots 253- in the slide and head 34.

The slide 25f is formed at one end with a lateral pocket 254 in the exposed surface. In pocket 254 a dog 255 is pivotally mounted on the slide 25I by means of a shoulder screw 256. The bottorn-of the dog bears upon the slide 25! under the action of a flat spring 251 fastened to the head 34. The free end or nose of the dog is sloped at 258 in a plane parallel to that: of the cam surface 241.

The cam piece 226 is normally drawn towards the head 34 by a return spring 259 extending from a pin 252 on the arm 242 to a fixed stop bracket 22! in the machine housing. This movement is adjusted and limited by a stop screw 2B2 adjustably locked in the stop bracketby a nut 263 and engaged by a bumper 254 on the arm 2 52.

In the-operation of thisportion of the mechaism, downward movement of the head 38 under the action of the pedal ill and rod 35 causes the dog 255- (Figure 30) to swing upward against the stationary cam piece 246 until it clears the edge thereof and is snapped beneath it by the spring 251. This movement brings the surface 258 into engagement with the cam surface 241. On the return or upward stroke of the head 34 by the spring 41, the dog 255 is. stopped against downward movement by a shoulder 259 on the arm 25.2, and the cam action of the surfaces 241 and 252 swings the arm 242 and turns the shaft 245. When the surface 252 rides off the surface 241, the shaft and arm are returned to their initial position by the spring 259.

The rock shaft 240 has an extension 265 (Figure28) keyed thereto at 266 and journalled at 261 in the housing 126. To the extension 265 is secured a clutch trip arm 268 carrying at its free end a stop screw 268' adapted to strike a side:of the housing I25 and adjusted by a lock nut 2B9.

Between the free end of the arm 268 and the clutch pin 224 is mounted a clutch stop arm 210 (Figures 14 and 28) on an intermediate pivot pin 21I. The end of the arm at the pin is formed with a seat 212 to engage and arrest the pin 224. The end adjacent to the trip arm 268 is formed with a button 213 engaging the trip arm, and the engagement is maintained by a flat spring 214 secured to the arm 210 and bearing against the adjacent wall of the housing I26. It is now evident that the cam-induced movement of the shaft 240 and extension 24I swings the arm 210 away from the clutch pin 224, whereupon the clutch spring 223 throws the clutch into engagement.

The co-ordinated operation of the machine is as follows:

The motor I (Figure 2) is started and the upper spindle 52 is driven thereby through the pulleys H2, H1 and belt H9. The spindle lever 33 is elevated by the spring 41 and with it the head 34 and the entire spindle. The wrench stop I35-I40 is engaged to lock the wrench against rotating. The hopper 26 is rotated preferably by another motor.

Pressure on the pedal 40 lowers the lever 33 and parts carried thereby. The wrench stop is disengaged, permitting the lower spindle 61 to be driven on engagement of the spindle clutch. The dog 255 rides idly over the cam piece 246 and falls into engagement with the cam face 241.

On release of the pedal, the upstroke of the lever 33 eifects a cam action of the dog 255 on the cam face 241, and the rock shaft 240 is turned on its axis against the force of its return spring 259. The shaft extension 265 turns the trip arm 263 against the clutch stop arm 210, removing the latter from the clutch pin 224 and permitting the cam shaft clutch to engage and the cam shaft 200 to be driven from the shaft I00 through the gearing described above.

The cams 20I and 202 are so arranged on the cam shaft and with reference to their respective slides l5l and I50 that the latter are initially in the retracted position, so that the jaws I14 and I8I actuated thereby are alined with the track trough 21' to receive a nut I80, while the jaw block I14 is stopped against the front end plate I66 of the injector housing portion I26 to form an oversized nut pocket.

As the cam shaft 200 rotates, the positioning slide I 50 is projected by its cam 202 while the earn 2! rides idly without contacting its roller I56. The jaw I8I engages the received nut I80 and pushes the jaw block I14 until the nut is positioned directly under the socket wrench I42.

The nut is maintained in this position during the dwell of the earn 202 corresponding to its constant radius are 203. In this interval the upper spindle 52 rises sufliciently to disengage the spindle clutch 66-83 and engage the wrench stop I35--I40.

In the stopped position of the wrench I42 its socket I43 is alined with the nut I80 therebeneath. In the same interval the rise 204 of the injector cam 20I throws the injector slide I5! to rock the levers I! and I 64, whereupon the injector I85 inserts the nut I80 into the socket The rising dog 255 then rides off the cam face 251, and the rock shaft 240, 260 is returned to its initial position by its spring 259, permitting the spring 214 to bring the lever 210 into the path of the pin 224 and disengage the cam shaft clutch. The upstroke of the spindle lever 33 is very rapid,

10 since, it is effected by the expansion of the ,coil spring 41. The operations occurring within the upstroke are, of course, of shorter duration, and the actual lift of the nut I into the socket I43 requires but a small fraction of a second.

The nut I80 is held in the socket I43 by the fiat springs I44 in the wrench I42. At the next downstroke of the pedal 40, the wrench stop I35-I i0 is released, the spindle clutch is engaged, and the wrench is rotated.

The work may consist, for example, of a piece 280 (Figure 2) with one or more inverted screws 26! mounted therein. A suitable fixture may be employed to aline each screw with the wrench. The final downward movement of the spindle .causes the wrench to turn the nut I60 on the alined screw. When the nut has been tightened to a tension predetermined by the pressure of the springs on the friction plugs 81,, the wrench becomes stationary and the housing 16 slips around the lower spindle 61. Upon the beginning of the upstroke of the spindle, the clutch housing 66 separates from the facing 83 separate, relieving the nut wrench of turning torque and allowing it to rise freely off the nut as the spindle proceeds on its upward stroke.

, The next application of pressure on the pedal '40 introduces a repetition of the cycle.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been disclosed, it may be understood that various alterations in the details may be made without departing from the scope of the invention, as indicated by the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. A nut positioning and transferring device comprising a frame work, a slide therein, means for guiding said slide in a straight line, means for advancing and retracting said slide along said guiding means, a pair of jaws carried bysaid slide, said jaws forming a nut-receiving opening between them, one of said jaws being fixed to the slide and the other being slidable relatively thereto, stop means on said frame work and engageable by the relatively slidable jaw in the retracted or loading position of said slide, to increase the spacing between the jaws for loading, said jaws having inner faces adapted to engage opposite faces of a nut, an injector pivotally attached to said slide and positioned to enter between said jaws in a direction transverse of the movement of said slide, and means on said frame work for operating said injector while said jaws are in the advanced position.

2. A nut positioning and transferring device comprising a frame work, a slide therein, means for guiding said slide in a straight line, means for advancing and retracting saidslide along said guiding means, a jaw fixed tosaid slide, a complementary jaw slidably mounted on said slide and movable relatively to the ,fixed'jaw, a sprin joining said slidable jaw to said slide and tending to draw the slidable jaw toward the fixed jaw, said slidable jaw being engageable with a fixed part of said frame work in the retracted position of said slide, said part being positioned to maintain a space between said jaws and to tension said spring through the slidable jaw, said jaws having inner faces adapted to engage opposite faces of a nut, an injector pivotally attached to said slide and positioned to enter between said jaws in a direction transverse of the movement of said slide, and means on said frame work for operating said injector while said jaws are in the advanced position.

3. A nut positioning and transferring device comprising airam'e. work, a slide therein, means plementary jaw slid'ablyimounted on said slide and movablerelatively'to' the fixed jaw, a spring joining said slidable jaw to said slide and tending to draw the slidable' jaw toward the fixed jaw, said slidable. jaw beingengageable with a fixed part of said framework in the retracted position of said slide, said part being positioned to maintain a space between said jaws, and to tension said spring through the slidable jaw, a fixed chute communicating with the space between said jaws. in. the retracted position of the latter, said chute having a path narrower than said space between said jaws, for free passage of an articlefrom saidjaws into said space, said jaws having inner faces adapted to engage. opposite faces of-a nut, an injector pivotally attachedto said slide and positioned to enter between said jaws in a direction transverse of the movement of said" slide, and means on said frame work for operating saidinjector while said jaws are in the advanced position.

4. A nutpositioning and transferring device comprisinga frame work,.-a s1idetherein,. means 1 forguiding. said slidein. a straight line, means fonadvancing and retracting said slide along said guiding means, a pair of jaws carried bysaid slide,. said jaws forming a nutFreceiv-ing. opening. between them, one of said jaws being fixed to the slide and the other being, slidablerelatively thereto, stop means on said frame work and engageabl'e by the, relativelyslidablejaw in the retracted or loading. positionof said slide. to in: creaseth'e spacing between the jaws for loading, said jaws having, inner faces adapted to engage opposite faces of a nut, an injector inlithe form of a lever pivotally mounted on saidslide and havinggone end; adapted to enter between said jaws, a rocker pivotalljz mounted on said frame workand' adapted tostrike. the other endof said 1ever,,anotherslide'in said frame work adjacent to said; rocker, and. means on said frame work for moving the last named slide into engagement withisaid rocker while the" first slide is in the advanced position:

5.- A nut positiornng 'and transferring device comprising a framework, a slide therein, means foifguidingi said slide" a. straight line, 'means for advancingand retracting said slide along. said guidingmeans, a jaw fixedto said slide, a, complementary jaw slidab'ly mounted on' said slide and'movable'relatively to the fixed jaw, a spring joining said slidable. jaw"- to said slideand tend-"- ingtto draw the slidable' jaw toward" the-fixed jaw; saidi slidablejawheing engageable with a fixedipart of said frame work in the retracted position-' ofysaid slidei-said part being positioned toLmainta'in a space between said-jaws and to tension; said spring through theslidable jaw, said'jaws'ha'vmg inner faces adapted to" engage opposite faces of 'a nut,jan injjectorfin the form of a lever pivotall' j i mounted on said slide and having, one end adapted to enter'between said jaws, a rocker pivotally mounted on said frame work and adapted to. strike the other'end of'said lever; another slide in. said; frame work adjacent to said rocker, andr'means on said; framework for moving the last/named slide into engagement with said rocker while thetfirst slide in the advanced position.

6; A nut positioning and transferring device as set.forth in claim 1, further. characterized? by an expanded spring joining the relatively. movablejaw to said slide andtending to draw said jaws together}. whereby to reduce the spacing between the jaws whenthe relatively movable jaw'dis'engages said stop means.

7. A nut positioning' and transferring... device as set forth in claim 4, further characterized by an expanded'spring jOiIliligth relatively movable'jaw' to'said slideand tending to draw said jaws. together, whereby to reduce; thespacing between the jaws when the relatively movablev jaw disengage's. said stop means.

ROY 'W: BAILEY. J OHN" THOMAS FAULL.

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